The Story of James Robinson

Hey Amateur,

I have read both of the arguments as well as the outline that you have listed above. What I believe is the not coherent portion of your argument is that Husseini was an opportunist at best and trying to carve out his own little bastion of domicile at the least! Most of the politicians of pre-war and post war Europe/Mideast were trying to figure out who was going to grab what (United States, as well).

Your major question can not be answered by any human, with any sense of authority. You could ask the same question and change the words “Muslims” and “Jews” to read “Blacks” and “Koreans”; “Skinny People” and “Fat People” the list can go on and on ad-nauseum. Years ago, the argument used to come up as to why “Christians” hated “Jews”. My Jewish friends and my Christian friends would debate this for hours, throwing biblical scriptures around, purporting to know theology better than the other, basically strutting around like peacocks. Were any of us right? We were in our minds…

Years ago, my mother got into a terrible fight with a next door neighbor. She was so mad she said “One of these days, I am going to sell this house… And when I do, I am going to sell it to a BLACK FAMILY!” Now, that’s a revenge! (well at least 1969, middle America style).

The problem with most “Religious” groups, as I SEE IT –(emphasis is mine!), Is that so many wars go back thousands of years, to a date and time where great umbrage was inflicted! In the U.S. today, we have a religious belief that allowing certain groups to “Marry” will ruin the Sanctity of marriage! (Oh, the Umbrage) — but we have no outcry for outlawing Divorce. In China, the government regularly rounds up dissidents and jails them for speaking out against the current government (Oh, the Umbrage) — but in the U.S. / Europe we are holding many Muslims for speaking out against the current government. In Ethiopia, as well as several other countries of Africa, they are having civil wars that are responsible for “Ethnic Cleansing”, (Oh the Umbrage) — In the United States (1864 – 68) and in U.S.S.R. (1917 – 1925) there were two very large Civil wars, as well as an uprising in Beijing in the late 1990’s, that did basically the same thing.

We don’t try to understand or learn from our IGNORANCE. I have decided, because my brain is bigger than yours, that the color BLUE disgusts me! It just happens to be your favorite color! All of my friends hate the color Blue, and now, SO DO I! I have made an educated guess that the color BLUE must be bad, because history, my friends, my society has all told me to not accept that color! What I need, more than anything else, is to spend some time in a BLUE ROOM!

Years ago, there was a “Nightline” show that was presented as a “Town-hall Meeting” on the problems that were continuing the war between Israel and Palestine. There were several members of the Knesset and the Palestine Authority on the panel. I was so amazed to watch this. Ted Koppel would ask a question, and the men would pound their fists and grab their faces… yelling at each other about how right they were and how wrong the other side was. There were several remarkable differences. Each side had several female members of the governing bodies. When they spoke, they spoke with empathy. When they listened, they listened with earnest at what the opposing party had to say. They saw their jobs as LEARNING how to END the conflict. The men saw their jobs as FINDING how to WIN the conflict!

Until we are able to listen, earnestly….

Until we are able to speak with empathy….

Until we are able to spend time in your room….

Until you are able to spend time in our room…

Until we can stop pounding our fists…

Until we can understand that no one will ever be just like us…

Until we are able to open our Hearts and our Minds…

Until we truly learn how to love…

… There can never be an end to Hatred, whomever or wherever or whatever is involved!

And that, sadly, will probably destroy us all!

Hope my opinion was not to simplistic!

Thanks for your time,

James